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Olympics: Tomar, Rajput fail to qualify for 50m Rifle 3P final; Indian shooters finish without medal

Tomar finished 21st in the qualification while Rajput was placed in 32nd position at the Asaka Shooting Range as the Indian shooting team returned without a medal for the second straight time at the Olympics.

Published on: Aug 2, 2021, 11:27:50 IST
PTI | Tokyo
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Indian shooters Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar and failed to qualify for the finals of the men's 50m rifle 3 positions event at the Tokyo Olympics here on Monday.

Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar (Twitter)
Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar (Twitter)

Tomar finished 21st in the qualification while Rajput was placed in 32nd position at the Asaka Shooting Range as the Indian shooting team returned without a medal for the second straight time at the Olympics.

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Tomar shot a total of 1167 with 63 inner 10s in the qualification over the stages of kneeling, prone and standing, while Rajput, appearing in his third Olympics, aggregated 1157 with 55 inner 10s.

The cut was made at 1176.

With this, Indian shooters failed to win a medal for a second successive Olympics.